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  The Ladies' Room Reader...

  Alicia Alvrez

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  A new volume of trivia for women from the author of The Ladies’ Room Reader, “full of fascinating fun facts” (Chicago Tribune).Did you know that . . . September is the month with the highest birthrate? Eighty percent of women think a vacation is the best way to rekindle romance? The divorce rate is 23 percent lower in cities with major league baseball teams than in those without? In ancient Egypt, between 3500 and 2500 BC, the only career not open to women was judge?The Ladies’ Room Reader Revisited picks up where its popular predecessor, The Ladies’ Room Reader, left off. In this wildly entertaining volume, Alicia Alvrez provides even more fascinating female facts about women throughout history and from around the world.

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  And Then God Created the Middle...

  Karl reMarks

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  You may wonder why the Middle East gets so much airtime. Regions of the world were competing to host the apocalypse and the Middle East won.
  I disagreed with the idea that reality has become too strange to satirise. Then I read that bin Laden was radicalised by Shakespeare.
  Meanwhile, Iraq seems to be invading itself for the oil.
  Bringing together the wildly wry observations and sketches of online sensation Karl reMarks, this hilarious collection proudly presents views you're guaranteed not to hear on the news.

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  The Locomotive Pioneers - Early...

  Anthony Burton

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  This fascinating book explores the development of locomotives over the course of fifty years. From Richard Trevithick's first experimental road engine of 1801 up to the Great Exhibition some fifty years later, locomotives have come far in reimagining and reinventing themselves to serve the people and British industry.The early years showed slow development amongst locomotives: Trevithick's first railway locomotives failed significantly as the engine broke the brittle cast-iron rails. The story is continued through the years when locomotives were developed to serve collieries, a period that lasted for a quarter of a century, and saw many different engineers trying out their ideas; from the rack and pinion railway developed by Blenkinsop and Murray, to George Stephensons engines for the Stockton & Darlington Railway. The most significant change came with Robert Stephensons innovative Rocket, the locomotive that set the formula for future developments.British engineers dominated the early years, although in France Marc Seguin developed a multi-tubular boiler at the same time as Stephenson. The next period was marked by the steady spread of railways in Europe and across the Atlantic. Timothy Hackworth of the Stockton & Darlington railway supplied locomotives to Russia, and his men had an exciting ride to deliver parts by sleigh across the snowy steppes, pursued by wolves. In America, the first locomotives were delivered from England, but the Americans soon developed their own methods and styles, culminating in the Baldwin engines, a type that has become familiar to us from hundreds of Western films.This is more than just a book about the development of a vital technology, it is also the story of the men who made it possible, from the steadily reliable team of William Buddicom and Alexander Allan, who developed their locomotives at Crewe, to the flamboyant Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose broad gauge was served by the magnificent engines of Daniel Gooch.

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  Washington Trivia

  John Hedtke

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  Test your knowledge of the Evergreen State with this revised and updated trivia book covering its history, geography, sports, culture, and more! 
   
  Known for Seattle’s Space Needle, spectacular mountains, innovative technology, and outdoor adventure, the state of Washington is celebrated in Washington Trivia. Here the reader can find out what Washington city elects an official grouch each year, what started the Spokane fire of 1889, and for what wrongdoing the first automobile owner in Clark County was cited.

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  Irishology - Slagging Junior C...

  Ronan Moore

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  Ah Ireland, it's a great little country all the same, if only you could put a roof on it. While we may be a nation of messers and begrudgers, we'll always have a soft spot for our land of sunny spells and scattered showers. Who else but the Irish can perform minor miracles with a prayer to St Anthony? Or truly appreciate the medicinal purposes of Flat 7Up? Not to mention the front room, chipper chips and the 'bad pint'!From things you'll only hear and taste in Ireland to tips for surviving any social situation (an Irish wedding anyone?!), Ronan Moore's witty, irreverent and nostalgic guide will have you laughing your way to a degree in Irishology.Altogether now … 'Lowwww lie the Fields of Athenryyyy'

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  Mini-Mosaic Quilts

  Paula Doyle

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  Learn easy piecing techniques to create more than 30 different complex-looking blocks and apply them to 14 projects. 
   
  Celebrate the decorative intricacy of tiled mosaics in your next quilting or sewing project. Paula proves how easy it can be to get perfect precision patchwork on a small scale. Create wonderfully colorful patterns using lots of different fabrics in these miniature quilts, table runners, tote bags, and many other projects. Good things really do come in small packages! 
   
  • Includes fusible grid guides for either 1/2" or 1" tiles 
   
  • All of the project designs are fat quarter-friendly

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